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1 UBC360 CLTOWNER SMANUALOWNER'S MANUALUB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).indd 12008/04/08 15:55:49 PrecautionsPrecautionsBefore you read anything else, please observe the following:Changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by Uniden, or operation of this product in any way other than as detailed by this Reference Guide, could void your authority to operate this installation, possession, or use of this scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require a permit in certain country, cities, and/or local jurisdiction. Your local law enforcement officials should be able to provide this information regarding the laws in your WARNING!You can use an optional 3 stereo headset or earphone with this scanner. Use of an incorrect earphone or stereo headset might be potentially hazardous to your hearing. The output of the phone jack is monaural, but you will hear it in both headphones of a stereo headset. Set the speaker volume to a comfortable level before plugging in either a monaural earphone or a stereo headset of the proper impedance (3 ).

2 Otherwise, you might experience some discomfort or possible hearing damage if the volume suddenly becomes too loud because of the volume control or squelch control setting. This is particularly true for the type of earphone that is placed in the ear (UBC360 CLT).indd 22008/04/08 15:55:493 PrecautionsWARNING!Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Important: If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but have not installed batteries in the scanner, never turn the scanner off by disconnecting the AC adapter or unplugging it from the AC outlet. This might corrupt the scanner s memory. Always use POWER to turn the scanner off before disconnecting AC (UBC360 CLT).indd 32008/04/08 15:55:49 ContentsContentsUnpacking Your Scanner ..6 Introduction ..7 Features ..8 Controls ..10 Setting Up The Scanner ..14 Connecting Power ..1 Connecting an Antenna ..15 Using the Backlight.

3 15 Using the Alarm Clock ..16 Setting the Current Time ..16 Setting the Alarm Clock ..16 Using Snooze ..17 Listening to AM/FM Channels ..18 Directly Selecting a Channel ..18 Using AM/FM Memory ..18 Using the Scanner Memories ..19 Programming Memories ..19 Selecting a Memory .. 1 Scanning Memory Banks .. 1 Locking/Unlocking Memories .. 1 Using Priority Scan .. Setting Channel Delay .. Searching for Active Frequencies ..23 Using Limit Search .. 3 Using Aircraft Band Search .. 3 Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory .. Search Lockouts .. Select Step Operation ..25 Care and Maintenance ..27 General Use .. 7 Location .. 7 Cleaning .. 7 Birdies .. 7UB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).indd 42008/04/08 15:55:495 ContentsTechnical Specifications ..28 Declaration of Conformity ..30UB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).indd 52008/04/08 15:55:496 Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: Unpacking Your ScannerUnpacking Your ScannerScanner RadioThis owner s ManualOther Printed MaterialAM Loop AntennaAC AdapterTelescopic Antenna3 AA Alkaline BatteriesUB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).

4 Indd 62008/04/08 15:55:527 Your scanner radio is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 300 channels distributed over ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor: Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics) Business/industrial radio Motion picture and press relay Aircraft Auto racing frequencies Utilities Land transportation frequencies such as trucking firms, buses, taxis, tow trucks, and railroads Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands Many more in the 5-88 MHz, 108-137 MHz, 137-17 MHz, 06-51 and 806-960 MHz ranges AM/FM radioYour scanner can monitor the following .Range (MHz)ModeDefault step (kHz) 00 - 00AM (RADIO)10 - - .5 - 8 . - 87. 875FM1 . - (RADIO) - . - - . - - 16 .5875FM1 .51 16 .6000 - - 51 - - - 51 .0000FM6. - .5UB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).

5 Indd 72008/04/08 15:55:528 FeaturesChannel Memory Scanning Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of 50 channels per Availability Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels distributed over 10 Channel Access Press 0 9 and HOLD to directly access any stored Lockout/Frequency Lockout Skip over stored frequencies (channels) using the Lockout feature to enable faster scanning. Lets you designate up to 50 frequencies each to skip during a search (limit or Aircraft) to increase the scanning Clock with Snooze provides standard radio broadcasts that you can set as your alarm lets you store up to 30 preset broadcast channels (10 AM and 0 FM) for quick Channel Designate a specific frequency as a Priority Channel. Then the radio scans and checks that channel every seconds. Select and designate up to 10 frequencies as Priority Channels (one per bank).Duplicate Channel Alert Lets you know that a selected frequency has already been programmed into memory if you attempt to store it Frequency Searching Lets you designate lower and upper frequency range and search within that range for active frequencies.

6 You can then store frequencies in memory as channels for later Band Search Lets you designate the preprogrammed Aircraft Band channels to and Search Speed Scan Speed 50 channels per second maximum in SCAN MODE. Search Speed 50 steps per second maximum in SEARCH MODE. TURBO MODE For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in Turbo Mode which is 150 steps per (UBC360 CLT).indd 82008/04/08 15:55:529 Clock Display the scanner, in standby mode, displays the time. The clock also features an alarm that can sound up to 0 minutes or be shut off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra you can enable or disable the -second delay to resume scanning when a transmission ends. Enabling this feature helps prevent missing a response from one of the parties in the Backlight you can enable or disable the LCD back lighted Touch Tone a tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid Memory Backup the scanner uses a non-volatile EEPROM for memory Alert A battery icon alerts you to a no battery installed condition, and a battery low voltage condition.

7 In the operating condition with battery power only (without AC power), an alert tone sounds when the battery needs to be replaced. The backup provides backup for the clock when power is off and will power scanning for a short Power Off turns the scanner off when the battery power gets too (UBC360 CLT).indd 92008/04/08 15:55:5210 Introduction1234567891011121314151617181 92120 ControlsScannerUB355ZH(UBC360 CLT).indd 102008/04/08 15:55:5411 Introduction1 VOLUME Control lets you raise or lower the level of the SqUELCH Control lets you set the signal level required to receive a transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing between transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning. As you close squelch, a stronger signal is required to stop scanning and open audio. You normally set the control to a point just where hissing on all channels stops between SCAN press to begin scanning the channels or to resume ALARM Select Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable the radio alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone SNOOzE/Backlight Backlight: Tap to turn the LCD backlight on for 15 seconds.

8 Press and hold to permanently turn on the backlight. Press and hold again to turn off the backlight. Snooze: Press while the alarm sounds to silence the alarm for 5 TIME Set Use to select your desired operation: Alarm Set; Clock Set; HOLD/BAND Press HOLD/BAND to go to scan hold mode, limit search hold mode, air band search hold mode, radio direct hold HOLD/BAND to resume scanning/searching in each hold mode. HOLD/BAND key is used also for direct channel access. Press HOLD/BAND to change the band in select step E/PGM Press to enter the Program Mode. In Program Mode, enter the desired frequency using the numeric keys. Then press E/PGM to store that frequency into the memory. In Limit Search Mode, after entering the frequency, press E/PGM to program the upper and lower limit frequency. Note: Press and hold E/PGM, it goes to programming mode for limit 0 to 9 use the numeric keys in four basic operations: press a numeric key to enter a frequency. press a numeric key to change a channel using the Direct Channel Access feature.

9 Press a numeric key while scanning to enable or disable the associated scanning bank memory POWER Press to turn power on and off. The time displays when power is off (standby mode).11 ./CLR this key has three functions: press to input a decimal point when you enter a frequency. press to cancel a numeric key input 0 to 9. press to clear an error (UBC360 CLT).indd 112008/04/08 15:55:541 Introduction12 SEARCH/AM In Scanner mode press to start a Limit Search or to resume searching. In AM/FM mode, press to select the AM memory L/O/FM1 In Scanner mode, press to lock or unlock a channel memory in SCAN (HOLD) or PROGRAM mode. In Search mode, press to set or clear a selected frequency previously locked out in the LIMIT SEARCH. In AM/FM mode, press to select the FM1 memory DELAY/FM2 In Scanner mode, press to turn the delay option on/off. In AM/FM mode, press to select the FM memory PRI/MEM In Scanner mode, press to set a Priority channel for Scan Hold mode and Program mode.

10 In Program mode, press to set the Priority channel setting. In SCAN and SCAN HOLD modes, press to set Priority Scan on or off. In AM/FM mode, press to select Memory Mode to allow quick channel recall using the 0-9 STEP/DIR Press STEP/DIR in scanner mode to go to select step STEP/DIR to change the step in select step menu. Press STEP/DIR in radio mode to go to direct entry MODE Switch Use to select the desired mode: AM/FM; Aircraft; Scanner. (Slide switch must be set to Clock)18 Press and release to move down through channel numbers in the following HOLD modes: SCAN, PROGRAM and Aircraft Band Search, or the step frequency in LIMIT SEARCH, and AM/FM mode. (refer to the frequency and step table on page 7) Press and hold for more than 1 second to have the changes run Press and release to move up through channel numbers in the following HOLD modes: SCAN, PROGRAM and Aircraft Band Search, or the step frequency in LIMIT SEARCH, and AM/FM mode. (refer to the frequency and step table on page 9) Press and hold for more than 1 second to have the changes run HEADPHONE Jack lets you use an headphone for private Antenna Connector connect an external antenna using a BNC connector.